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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Johnson's Dictionary, Silver Piedfort
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 50 Pence |
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| Obverse description | The fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces right, depicted as a crowned bust wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara and a pearl necklace, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley. The portrait is rendered in high relief befitting the piedfort format. A continuous legend encircles the effigy, incorporating the date and the engraver's initials IRB below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, designed by artist Tom Phillips, presents a typographically styled composition reproducing facsimile entries from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755), defining the denomination in period orthography and typeface. The entries for 'FIFTY' and 'PENCE' are rendered in an archaic serif font faithful to the original publication, occupying the majority of the field. The designer's initials TP appear at the lower right, and a central dot-bordered numeral '50' is incorporated within the typographic layout. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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